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Heuer Leads Pointers'
Record-Setting Performance
Box Score
Jesirae Heuer posted career-highs with 19
points and nine rebounds and the UW-Stevens Point women�s basketball
team set a single-game school record for field goals made in a 99-64
rout of Wisconsin Lutheran on Tuesday in Milwaukee.
Heuer (pictured) was nine-for-14 from the field and also notched a
career-best with four assists in just 22 minutes of playing time as the
Pointers improved to 3-0 for the season.
UW-Stevens Point used another sizzling
shooting performance in the victory, connecting on 61.1 percent of its
field goals. The Pointers were 44-for-72 from the floor, surpassing
their previous school record of 39 field goals made in a win over
Northeastern Illinois on Dec. 16, 1986. UW-Stevens Point is shooting a
torrid 58.5 percent from the floor over its first three games.
The Pointers also jumped out to an early lead
for the third straight game, scoring the first six points of the
contest. Wisconsin Lutheran came back to take a short-lived lead and the
Pointers led 26-25 with 8:53 left in the first half before taking
control with a 15-2 run. UW-Stevens Point led 54-38 at halftime and then
put the game away with a 15-3 run midway through the second half for a
73-44 advantage.
Nathalie Lechault added 15 points as the
Pointers scored 52 of their points in the paint. Haley Houghton scored
13 points and Jessi Sporle contributed a pair of career highs with 10
points and eight rebounds. |
